CE6504 HIGHWAY ENGINEERING L T P C 3 0 0 3
OBJECTIVES:
• To give an overview about the highway engineering with respect to, planning, design, construction and maintenance of highways as per IRC standards, specifications and methods.
UNIT I HIGHWAY PLANNING AND ALIGNMENT 8
Significance of highway planning – Modal limitations towards sustainability - History of road development in India – Classification of highways – Locations and functions – Factors influencing highway alignment – Soil suitability analysis - Road ecology - Engineering surveys for alignment, objectives, conventional and modern methods.
UNIT II GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS 12
Typical cross sections of Urban and Rural roads –– Cross sectional elements - Sight distances – Horizontal curves, Super elevation, transition curves, widening at curves – Vertical curves - Gradients, Special consideration for hill roads - Hairpin bends – Lateral and vertical clearance at underpasses.
UNIT III DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE AND RIGID PAVEMENTS 9
Design principles – pavement components and their role - Design practice for flexible and rigid
Pavements (IRC methods only) - Embankments .
UNIT IV HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND PRACTICE 8
Highway construction materials, properties, testing methods – CBR Test for subgrade - tests on aggregate & bitumen – Construction practice including modern materials and methods, Bituminous and Concrete road construction, Polymer modified bitumen, Recycling, Different materials – Glass, Fiber, Plastic, Geo-Textiles, Geo-Membrane (problem not included) - Quality control measures - Highway drainage –– Construction machineries.
UNIT V EVALUATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PAVEMENTS 8
Pavement distress in flexible and rigid pavements – Pavement Management Systems - Pavement evaluation, roughness, present serviceability index, skid resistance, structural evaluation, evaluation by deflection measurements – Strengthening of pavements –Types of maintenance – Highway Project formulation.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
• The students completing this course would have acquired knowledge on planning, design, construction and maintenance of highways as per IRC standards and other methods.
TEXTBOOKS:
1. Khanna.S. K., Justo.C.E.G and Veeraragavan A. "Highway Engineering", Nemchand
Publishers, 2014.
2. Subramanian K.P., "Highways, Railways, Airport and Harbour Engineering", Scitech
Publications (India), Chennai, 2010
3. Indian Road Congress (IRC), Guidelines and Special Publications of Planning and
Design.
REFERENCES:
1. Kadiyali.L.R. "Principles and Practice of Highway Engineering", Khanna Technical
Publications, 8th edition Delhi, 2013.
2. Yang H. Huang, "Pavement Analysis and Design", Pearson Education Inc, Nineth
Impression, South Asia, 2012
3. Ian D. Walsh, "ICE manual of highway design and management", ICE Publishers, Ist Edition, USA, 2011
4. Fred L. Mannering, Scott S. Washburn and Walter P.Kilareski, "Principles of Highway
Engineering and Traffic Analysis", Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2011
5. Garber and Hoel, "Principles of Traffic and Highway Engineering", CENGAGE Learning, New Delhi, 2010
6. O‟Flaherty.C.A "Highways, Butterworth – Heinemann, Oxford, 2006
OBJECTIVES:
• To give an overview about the highway engineering with respect to, planning, design, construction and maintenance of highways as per IRC standards, specifications and methods.
UNIT I HIGHWAY PLANNING AND ALIGNMENT 8
Significance of highway planning – Modal limitations towards sustainability - History of road development in India – Classification of highways – Locations and functions – Factors influencing highway alignment – Soil suitability analysis - Road ecology - Engineering surveys for alignment, objectives, conventional and modern methods.
UNIT II GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS 12
Typical cross sections of Urban and Rural roads –– Cross sectional elements - Sight distances – Horizontal curves, Super elevation, transition curves, widening at curves – Vertical curves - Gradients, Special consideration for hill roads - Hairpin bends – Lateral and vertical clearance at underpasses.
UNIT III DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE AND RIGID PAVEMENTS 9
Design principles – pavement components and their role - Design practice for flexible and rigid
Pavements (IRC methods only) - Embankments .
UNIT IV HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND PRACTICE 8
Highway construction materials, properties, testing methods – CBR Test for subgrade - tests on aggregate & bitumen – Construction practice including modern materials and methods, Bituminous and Concrete road construction, Polymer modified bitumen, Recycling, Different materials – Glass, Fiber, Plastic, Geo-Textiles, Geo-Membrane (problem not included) - Quality control measures - Highway drainage –– Construction machineries.
UNIT V EVALUATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PAVEMENTS 8
Pavement distress in flexible and rigid pavements – Pavement Management Systems - Pavement evaluation, roughness, present serviceability index, skid resistance, structural evaluation, evaluation by deflection measurements – Strengthening of pavements –Types of maintenance – Highway Project formulation.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
• The students completing this course would have acquired knowledge on planning, design, construction and maintenance of highways as per IRC standards and other methods.
TEXTBOOKS:
1. Khanna.S. K., Justo.C.E.G and Veeraragavan A. "Highway Engineering", Nemchand
Publishers, 2014.
2. Subramanian K.P., "Highways, Railways, Airport and Harbour Engineering", Scitech
Publications (India), Chennai, 2010
3. Indian Road Congress (IRC), Guidelines and Special Publications of Planning and
Design.
REFERENCES:
1. Kadiyali.L.R. "Principles and Practice of Highway Engineering", Khanna Technical
Publications, 8th edition Delhi, 2013.
2. Yang H. Huang, "Pavement Analysis and Design", Pearson Education Inc, Nineth
Impression, South Asia, 2012
3. Ian D. Walsh, "ICE manual of highway design and management", ICE Publishers, Ist Edition, USA, 2011
4. Fred L. Mannering, Scott S. Washburn and Walter P.Kilareski, "Principles of Highway
Engineering and Traffic Analysis", Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2011
5. Garber and Hoel, "Principles of Traffic and Highway Engineering", CENGAGE Learning, New Delhi, 2010
6. O‟Flaherty.C.A "Highways, Butterworth – Heinemann, Oxford, 2006
